I had considered rigging this up before - great job!

 

ok lots of quotes here to address.....

as far as i know, ive never heard of it im sure there are others who have done similar and like drew said there is a kit(i havnt seen it but id take his word)

what made me want to do this mod was when the ez down first came out(or atleast when f150online found out about it) i actually mentioned doing this (do a search for ez down and my post is on the first page of the tailgae assit thread, i think), and really i cant think of how it can come in handy but im sure some day it will but untill then its just bad ***

tomorrow i will be running the wires better and finishing up a few thing back there and i will take some pics and do a write up

yeah a power actuator would have been much easier but i think this has a bit more of a factory appeal to it and i like that, and my theory is if i have to open it i will be back there for something so i can close it......i could open it too i guess but thats just not as cool and ive thought of doing some sort of window motor or something like that...maybe some day

dei trunk release solenoid $29.99
http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_...cted+522T.html

power lock actuator $9.99
http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_...te+DLA110.html

ez down $54.95
http://www.f150store.com/Shop/Search...WebCatalogID=0

grand total of $94.93....plus shipping

 

Here is the link for the Talegator

http://www.electric-life.com/main.asp

I still like the $95 cost of this mod....As for how it could come in handy.........Ask those of us with a 1 or more kids

 

looks to be just a actuator with some mounting brackets, and way over priced but now that i know what you were talking about, yes ive heard of them

 

sometime you just gotta say WTF.....and just do it....do you have to have this mod?? do you need this mod?? do you want this mod??? at least that's what my wife asks....yes...yes...yes...

 

very slick mod. Just an alternate question though: where the video is looks like you added a start button to the dash, if so was this a hard mod and where did you find the parts? I had this on a dodge I owned and always liked it. Sorry the hijack the thread

Thanks

Sorry have not been on in a few days (New Baby born) Just Found the other thread.

 

the button was easy to install but i wouldnt recommend it unless if you had a remote start alarm that has the option of adding a button, but its a button from a honda s2000 and only requires 3 wires if you dont have an alarm and 2 if you do...

 

thats awesome man great job.

 

Second side note.
How are you liking the CA-671? I'm very close to getting that one but am waiting for a email back from Travis at KC Autosound regarding a couple questions I had first. Where did you get yours from?

 

that's an awesome mod. i have been wanting to get the ez down but never thought about making it electric. cant wait to see a write up.

 

ah yes, but can a 'lazy man' close it without getting out of the truck...

nice. people always get a kick out of stuff like that.

 

Very nice mod. great job

 

That mod is soooo July 2005 ... via myst.

Seriously though, nice mod. I just wish I had any such skills to perform such a mod; guess I'll stick to banging on the keyboard.

So why did the F150store stop selling the Droptail kit? Was it just not selling? Perhaps it was the $300+/- sell price! Doh!

 

I dont hear much of him any more. He had/has a nice truck.

 

Dave's F-150

I bookmarked his site back in 2005.. Easy to navigate and full of great information